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beginning in the trial accusing former president donald trump of rape. >> e. jean carroll claims trump attacked her. >> he called her claims a hoax and a live. >> the arraignment of a man accused of killing the founder of cash app has been pushed to next week. >> and a attorney for 38-year-old nima momeni asked for more time. >> when one minute away from lg hope. >> norah: a cbs news investigation, white texas hospital is forced to close. did investors walk away with millions? >> it became less about pd membg harry belafonte, the trailblazing singer and civil rights icon. ♪ daylight come and we want go home ♪ >> hardest to gate keep is the truth. we are civilizations moral compass. ♪ ♪

>> norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. we want to begin with some breaking news. senior administration officials tell cbs news that the ice is leader behind the 2021 suicide bombing at the kabul airport has been killed. 13 u.s. service members died in that terror attack, and 45 others were injured. at least 170 afghans were also killed. the white house did not release the terrorists name that described the senior islamic state leader as the mastermind of the assault. it happened at an airport entrance known as abbey gate, where people were gathering, hoping to get out of afghanistan with the help of u.s. troops. the deadly attack occurred during the chaotic withdrawal, and it is considered one of the darkest moments of biden's presidency. cbs's david martin is going to t o tonht fro pentagnew. >> reporter: a measure of

justice for the 13 american servicemen and women killed by a suicide bomber during the chaotic evacuation of huber his father just got a call from explained to u that th the isis responsible for the bombing was killed by the taliban. >> reporter: it happened earlier this month infighting between the taliban and isis. u.s. found out through its own intelligence sources. >> their sources are highly trusted, and they got it from several different sources that this individual was indeed killed. >> reporter: does it matter to you whether or not it was the taliban that apparently killed him or the united states? >> i don't care who it was that killed him. it's one less terrorist that we have to worry about. >> reporter: does it feel like

justice do you? >> to me, it won't be justice, ever. >> reporter: the bomb carved a path of death and destruction through the crowd, wounding 45 other servicemen and women and killing at least 170 afghans civilians. it sent more than 100 ball bearings into former marine tyler vargas andrews. >> i open my eyes to marines dead or unconscious lying around me. >> reporter: pentagon officials say the taliban did not realize they killed the planter of the bombing and only finding out they did their bitter enemy of the united states a favor. norah? >> norah: david martin at the pentagon, thank you. let's turn out to today's other major story. president joe biden making it official, watching his 2024 reelection campaign, and asking voters to help him "finish the job." cbs's ed o'keefe is at the white house, where the announcement set up a possible rematch of the 2020 race. >> it is time to finish the job.

[applause] [chanting "four more years"] >> reporter: labor union members in washington today signaled they are on board the 2024 biden campaign. [chanting] in a video announcing his bid hours earlier, the president leaned on his 2020 campaign theme is saying, again, it is a battle for the soul of america. >> the question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. >> reporter: mr. biden signaled he will focus on protecting social security, access to abortion services, voting rights, and gay rights. republicans said, we know mike would do the opposite. >> taking on those bedrock freedoms, cutting social security that you paid for your entire life while cutting taxes for the very wealthy. >> reporter: the republican national committee hit back with an ai generated ad predicting chaos if the president is reelected. >> it feels like the train is coming off the tracks. >> reporter: and his potential opponent, former

president donald trump, also weighed in. >> you could take the five worst presidents in american history and put them together, and they would not have done the damage joe biden has done to our nation. >> reporter: a new cbs news poll shows challenges ahead for mr. biden. a large majority describe the country is out of control, and nearly half of democrats don't want him to run again. they overwhelmingly cite his age as a reason. younger voters in south florida today expressed those concerns beard >> well, i just don't thit he's fit enough still to be president. i feel like he is older, and he is getting older. >> i think he's too old. this is a new generation, and i think they are stuck in the old ways beard >> reporter: but in washington from a union president sean mcgarvey said age shouldn't matter. >> i'll tell you, my father was in the audience today. my father is 85 years old, and my father could whip my -- okay? so i don't worry about it a bit. >> reporter: most national

mocrats like bk h out to porters v email soediarging them to donate to the biden campaign. another former opponent, senator bernie sanders, said he is on board and will not challenge the scent know mike standing president. norah? >> norah: always interesting to hear from voters. ed o'keefe, thank you very much. tonight we are learning about the alleged behind the scenes scandal that led fox news to part ways with tucker carlson. its top-rated host on one of most influential voices in conservative politics. evs's jericka duncan reports on the continued fallout. >> reporter: one whit day after parting with fox, the cable networks top prime time host has been silent, a huge contrast considering his history of incendiary remarks. >> white -- we need to find out exactly what happened in this election. >> reporter: former fox producer abby grossberg, who filed a lawsuit alleging carlson led a misogynistic workplace

described her experience today. >> there are literally pictures like, this big, of nancy pelosi in a bathing suit, in europe, plastered all over. there was even one on my computer screen for the temporary computer i had to use, and i had to take it down. >> reporter: grossberg, who claims are 90 recordings of her time working at fox, said the show is january 6th coverage was a turning point, something rupert murdoch cited as a factor for carlson's dismissal, according to the "los angeles times." >> reporter: tucker was very set on finding an fbi person who was implanted in the crowd and spinning this conspiracy theory that they were ultimately the ones responsible for the capitol attack. >> reporter: court documents filed in grossberg's lawsuit also showed text messages that reveal carlson repeatedly called trump lawyer sydney powell a vulgar term. grossberg's allegations likely played a bigger role in carlson's departure and the network's recent $787 million

settlement with dominion voting systems, says npr media critic eric deggans. >> those kinds of claims seem to be something that fox used very quickly to deal with, as opposed to other types of infractions. >> reporter: and i spoke to grossberg's attorney today. she said they have not determined a dollar amount when it comes to the lawsuits filed against fox. and despite grossberg's claims that she was bullied, mocked, and even asked to spy on a coworker, she says she also wants an apology. fox news has yet to comment. norah? >> norah: jericka duncan, thank you. well, tonight, a line of severe weather is moving through the southern plains, with texas in the bull's-eye. for more, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. anticipating severe sub thunderstorms once again across the southern plains into the evening. in particular oklahoma and texas. likely to be high winds, tornadoes, and hail bigger than

ping-pong balls. these are the areas to watch, from west texas back down toward austin, and houston. tomorrow, dallas and fort worth in the mix. large hail once again an issue. flooding rain across oklahoma, including right in oklahoma city. some of those storms could produce a torrential downpour is here and some of those storms then move into louisiana, mississippi, and alabama as we go late in the wheat from a prolonged event of rain brings chances for flooding. that can be true in florida, as well, through the day tomorrow, tampa, orlando, as well as okeechobee, iambic, fort lauderdale at risk again. >> norah: mike bettes, thank you. the man accused of killing cash app cofounder bob lee appeared in a san francisco court today. cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports family member of the slain tech executive showed up in force. >> reporter: wearing orange jail attire at a covid mask, tech exec nima momeni appeared before a judge, as his lawyer asked that the arraignment be postponed because she had not received bob lee's autopsy report and other documents.

>> there is lot of dru lvedhple ot my cent. repter: police hav insidean fraco's posh millumhe mom sisteres wre all threead leading up to the attack. surveillance video showed momeni and lee leaving the building and a white bmw in the early hours of april 4th. the bmw is then captured driving to a dark and secluded area, where momeni and lee get out of the car. 5 minutes later, momeni appears to suddenly move toward lee, but the images are far away from a camera. >> you can't identify the people in the video. you can't identify, you know, what happens. >> reporter: lee is then seen injured in footage posted by london's daily mail. momeni allegedly used a 4-inch kitchen knife. >> we have an individual who stabbed mr. lee multiple times, including in his heart. that is about as dangerous as it gets. >> reporter: a witness told investigators the two men had gotten into an argument earlier

over whether momeni sister taken drugs. police also recovered a text message sent from her just be 21, saying "nima came way down hard." and about 20 members of lee's family were in court today. meanwhile, momeni's attorney says he will plead not guilty when arraigned on may 2nd, norah. >> jonathan baghdadi, thank you very much. the civil trialing of former form present donald trump accusing him of sexual assault and defamation got underway in new york city today. former "elle" magazine columnist e. jean carroll says trump's be 26-80 her in a dressing room nearly 30 years ago. she says he then defamed her, calling her allegations a hoax, saying "this woman is not my type." trump claims she made up the story to tell her 2019 memoir. turning overseas to the war in sudan, tonight a three-day truce partially brokered by the u.s. is mostly holding, though heavy

gunfire was heard today in the capital city of khartoum. u.s. military officials have released two photos, showing u.s. embassy evacuees landing in djibouti over the weekend. one photo shows the u.s. ambassador to sudan being greeted by the general in charge of u.s. forces there. the other shows two women hugging on the tarmac. now depart 2 of our 8-month investigation into the collapse of hospitals serving some of the nation's most vulnerable communities. cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook found investors are making millions while some patients are left without a place to go for their basic health care needs. >> reporter: went texas vista medical center shuts down on monday, it will leave the majority hispanic south side of san antonio with only one full-service hospital, 110 beds for nearly half a million people. >> my people, my residents, r1 minute away from losing hope. >> reporter: in 2017, the buildings in texas vista were

sold to medical properties trust, which has bought up the real estate in nearly 200 u.s. hospitals come often in low income areas. medical properties trust says these deals give hospitals cash to pay for improvements, but after its real estate was sold, texas vista suddenly had an annual rent of $5 million. this provides free care for 25% of its patients. >> you are not aware of the fact the hospital is paying rent to medical properties trust? >> no, it is just infuriating. that money can be shifted to serve those that really need it. >> reporter: the company denies its rent agreements have caused its hospitals to cut services, but a cbs news investigation found a pattern of supply shortages at 14 hospitals being charged rent by medical properties trust. that includes texas vista though, which by earlier this year had missed more than $650,000 in payments to at least a dozen different vendors. for example? >> we provide patients with a noninvasive ventilation device.

>> reporter: a breathing mask. >> right. and if i don't have the hose to connect from the machine to the mask, i can't do anything for them. >> reporter: two years ago, rhode island attorney general peter neronha was able to block a hospital real tate sale. >> as a regular, i could stop it here. >> reporter: he told us last fall authorities around the country need tools like the one he has that allow him to scrutinize these kind of deals. >> laws on the books like that allow us to intervene. >> reporter: without those laws come he told us, it can be hard to follow the money. >> hello. i am edward aldag with medical properties trust. >> reporter: according to sec filings for medical properties trust, from 2017 to 2021, ceo edward aldag salary, bonuses, and stock awards amounted to a total of about $70 million. >> it felt like it became less about people and more about profits. >> reporter: edward aldag declined an interview appear in a statement, medical properties

trust says it has no involvement in operational decisions at the facilities it owns, but it did r detailed questions, including whether it discussed providing financial assistance to texas vista. norah? >> norah: dr. lapook, thank you very much. well come attributes pouring in tonight for "calypso" king and civil rights activist harry belafonte. we will have that later in the broadcast. up next, melting snow prompts a flooding emergency in the midwest. my husband and i have never been more active. shingles doesn't care.

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help redeem the soul of our nation. ♪ day-o ♪ >> reporter: affectionately known as the king of "calypso," three belafonte sparked a for caribbean music to worldwide audiences. ♪ daylight come and we want go home ♪ his nineteenths 56 album pete ricketts like "the banana boat song" became the first to sell more than 1 million copies. born in harlem in 1927, the son of immigrants, belafonte dropped out of school and joined the navy. ♪ i'm on my way ♪ but his passion was entertaining. his success as a singer lead to roles in hollywood. handsome and chahe soon became the first black actor to gain success as a leading man. during the civil rights movement, belafonte used his voice, money, and celebrity for social justice. he became a confidante to dr. martin luther king jr. >> i saw the song as having

something far more than just delight audiences and people can dance and sing. >> reporter: we sat down with him in 2018. it strikes me that you were all willing to risk everything for your beliefs. >> so, even when the industry abandon me because my politics and attitude, i said, you know, i have currency without you, ana sense of power. >> reporter: belafonte became the first african american producer to win and emmy award, a recipient of the kennedy center honors, and he was awarded a humanitnosca >> reporter: v. >> norah: a life w d much t fm

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